Machete Maidens Unleashed!
2010 Australian documentary film by Mark Hartley
- Screen Australia
- Fury Productions
- Bionic Boy Productions
- Melbourne International Film Festival Premiere Fund
- Film Victoria
- Screen Queensland
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Release date
- 24 July 2010 (2010-07-24) (Melbourne International Film Festival)
Running time
Machete Maidens Unleashed! is a 2010 Australian documentary film directed by Mark Hartley.[1][2]
Synopsis
The documentary explores exploitation films made in the Philippines in the 1970s and 1980s[3] with interviews for the documentary include Allan Arkush, Judy Brown, Colleen Camp, Roger Corman, Joe Dante, Pam Grier, Jack Hill, John Landis, Danny Peary, Eddie Romero, Cirio H. Santiago, and Brian Trenchard-Smith.[4]
Interviewees
The actors, directors, screenwriters and producers interviewed for the film were:
- Carmen Argenziano
- Allan Arkush
- Alan Birkinshaw
- Judith Brown
- Andrea Cagan
- Colleen Camp
- Steve Carver
- Leigh Christian
- Marlene Clark
- Roger Corman
- Joe Dante
- Jon Davison
- Marissa Delgado
- Nick Deocampo
- R. Lee Ermey
- Leo Fong
- Eddie Garcia
- Pam Grier
- Franco Guerrero
- Sid Haig
- Gloria Hendry
- Jack Hill
- Darby Hinton
- Mark Holcomb
- Lenore Kasdorf
- Rosanne Katon
- Jayne Kennedy
- Leon Isaac Kennedy
- Paul Koslo
- John Landis
- Marrie Lee
- Margaret Markov
- Jan Merlin
- Dick Miller
- Christopher Mitchum
- Eddie Nicart
- Trina Parks
- Danny Peary
- Efren C. Piñon
- Barbara Pokras
- Corliss Randall
- Susanne Reed
- Ricardo Remias
- Eddie Romero
- Fred Roos
- Laurie Rose
- Digna Santiago
- Jane Schaffer
- Samuel M. Sherman
- Dean Tavoularis
- Pete Tombs
- Brian Trenchard-Smith
- Joe Viola
- Patrick Wayne
- Celeste Yarnall
- Joseph Zucchero
Films referenced
This is a list of the films that are commented on or analyzed in the voiceover or by the interviewees. The list is in chronological order. The main films referenced in the documentary are:
- Terror Is a Man (1959)
- Brides of Blood (1968)
- The Mad Doctor of Blood Island (1969)
- Beast of Blood (1970)
- The Losers (1970)
- Beast of the Yellow Night (1971)
- The Big Doll House (1971)
- Women in Cages (1971)
- Night of the Cobra Woman (1972)
- The Twilight People (1972)
- The Hot Box (1972)
- The Big Bird Cage (1972)
- The Woman Hunt (1972)
- Beyond Atlantis (1973)
- Black Mama White Mama (1973)
- Fly Me (1973)
- Savage! (1973)
- TNT Jackson (1974)
- Savage Sisters (1974)
- Cover Girl Models (1975)
- Ebony, Ivory & Jade (1976)
- Hollywood Boulevard (1976)
- The Muthers (1976)
- They Call Her Cleopatra Wong (1978)
- Vampire Hookers (1978)
- Apocalypse Now (1979)
- Dynamite Johnson (1979)
- Up from the Depths (1979)
- Firecracker (1981)
- For Y'ur Height Only (1981)
- The One-Armed Executioner (1981)
- The Impossible Kid (1982)
- Invaders of the Lost Gold (1982)
- The Siege of Firebase Gloria (1989)
Reception
The film was met with critical acclaim as it has an 88% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.[10]
See also
- B movie – Low-budget commercial film genre
- Lists of Philippine films
- Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! – 2008 documentary film directed by Mark Hartley
- The Search for Weng Weng – 2013 Australian film directed by Andrew LeavoldPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback
References
- ^ "Machete Maidens Unleashed! (2010)". Mubi. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
- ^ Singer, Matt (26 September 2010). "Mark Hartley Unleashes "Machete Maidens"". IFC. Archived from the original on 15 October 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
- ^ Lau, Doretta (5 April 2011). "HK Film Fest Picks: Final Day". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
- ^ Punter, Jennie (4 March 2011). "Machete Maidens Unleashed: When B movies invaded the Philippines". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
- ^ Lussier, Germain (25 September 2010). "Collider's FANTASTIC FEST Diary Day 2: GALLANTS, FIRE OF CONSCIENCE, RUBBER, MACHETE MAIDENS UNLEASHED". Collider. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
- ^ Hunter, Rob (2 July 2010). "Machete Maidens Unleashed! The Naked Joys of Filipino Exploitation Films". Film School Rejects. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
- ^ Leydon, Joe (19 September 2010). "Machete Maidens Unleased!". Variety. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
- ^ Barnard, Linda (2 March 2011). "Machete Maidens Unleashed: Busty beauties and the beasts". Toronto Star. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
- ^ Copsey, Anthony (13 September 2015). "17 Cult Films from Southeast Asia Too Entertaining To Be Missed". Taste of Cinema. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
- ^ "Machete Maidens Unleashed!". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
External links
- Official website
- Official trailer on Vimeo
- Machete Maidens Unleashed! at IMDb
